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Zach

為すことができる者が為し、為すことができない者が教える。

Sentence Analyzer

為す こと できる 為し 為す こと できない 教える

English Translation

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Furigana

()すことができる(もの)()し、()すことができない(もの)(おし)える。

Romanji

Nasu koto ga dekiru mono ga nashi, nasu koto ga dekinai mono ga oshieru.

Words

為す (なす)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in; to change into; to do; to perform; to intend to; to attempt; to try
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
(もの、もん)
person
教える (おしえる)
to teach; to inform; to instruct

Kanji

Readings: イ、 ため、 な.る、 な.す、 す.る、 たり、 つく.る、 なり
Meanings: do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine